'Hammer Time' killer says he doesn't expect forgiveness

We are hearing for the first time from Tyler Hadley, the Port St. Lucie man accused of killing his parents with a hammer and then throwing a party inside their home while they lay dead in their bedroom.

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Hadley, who was 17 years old at the time of the 2011 killings, told his family members inside the court Wednesday that he was sorry for what he has done.

"This is the hardest thing I have had to do," Michael Hadley said. "What Tyler did, in my opinion, was pure selfishness." Hadley also said his nephew should remain in a controlled environment for life without a chance for parole.

Chief Assistant State Attorney Tom Bakkedahl said Hadley's acts weren't reckless. He described them as a cold-blooded, premeditated murder.

"He was lying and waiting, arming himself with weapons, and murdered his parents under his own free will," Bakkedahl said. "Nobody helped him, nobody helped him plan the weapons, nobody helped him put his parents in a position where they can be easily murdered. Nobody helped him. He acted alone."

Public Defender Diamond Litty stated in her closing aruguments that her client was mentally ill at the time of the murders.

"Nobody in their right mind would bludgeon their parents to death to throw a party and get money from an ATM," Litty said.

Litty recommends Hadley be sentenced to two 30-year sentences to run concurrently with a review after 20 years.

Bakkedahl recommends the defendant be sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.

According to the police report, Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies were called to a Jupiter home after reports that a naked man was ransacking the home and threatening that everyone inside was going to die.